Whisk-broom.



11. A. ANDREWS.

WHIsK 11110011.

, 911. 1,017.069. patented Feb.13,1912.

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DANIEL A. ANDREWS, 0F CEDAR KEYS, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR T0 THE STANDARDMANU- FACTURING COMPANY, 0F CEDAR KEYS, FLORIDA, A CORPORATION OFFLORIDA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

WHISK-BROOM.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Application led October 30, 1911. Serial No. 657,643.

To all rwhom t may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL A. ANDREWS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Keys, in the county ofLevy and State of Florida, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Whisk-Brooms, of

by means of the whisk-broom illustrated in` the accompanyingdrawings,forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of awhiskbroom embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of theconstruction shown in Fig. 1. y

The manufacture of the above whiskbroom consists in taking a bunch ofber 10, or other suitable material for whiskbroom purposes, which willequal about onehalf of the mass of ber comprising a completed broom, andbind said bunch of ber rmly at one or more points at or near its middleby means of a binder 11, 11,'to prevent separation of the ber. Thisbunch of ber 10 is then bent at or near its middle, as at 12, the bentportion forming the end of the proposed handle for the completed brush.The free ends ofthe ber of bunch 10 are then bent so as to bring themalongside each other in parallel planes, after which operation a singleunit bunch of the two ends results and which unit bunch ultimately-forms the core for the body of the broom, when the latter is completed.The free ends of the ber of bunch 10. when brought together are so heldby means -of a binder 14. After the binder 14 has been placed intoposition the free ends of the ber of bunch 10 are separated or dividedapproximately into twol equal parts, the spreading or separation of themass being in directions at right angles to the bend 12, or toward thedotted lines A and B in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. When the free ends of theber of bunch 10 have thus been separated, as above mentioned, a secondbunch 0f ber 16 is inserted into the opening formed by' the spreading ofthe ber of bunch 10. The bunch of ber 16 is inserted mto the opening inbunch l() at right angles to said latter bunch, as indicatedapproximately by the dotted line C-C in Fig. 1.

The bunch of ber .16 is similar in sizeand shape to the bunch 10, thetwo bunches finally forming the body ofthe broom.- The bunch of ber 16is forced up well into the crotch of the opening in bunch l() and nearthe binder 14, and the ber of bunch 10 above the bunch 16 forming thehandle for the broom. After the ber of bunch 16 has been inserted intothe opening in bunch 10 the free ends of the ber of bunch 16 are bentdownward from the brush handle, in a direction as indicated by thelarrows in Fig. 1, and toward the free ends of the ber of bunch 10. Thefree ends of the ber of bunch 16 are allowed to partially embrace"-` theber 10 constituting the core of the brush, so as to impart shape andstrength to the brush body. The combined ends of the ber of bunches 10and 16 are now tightly bound together by means of the binders 17 and 18andthe cross stitching 20, the latter stitching ser-ving to hold thebinders 17 and 18 in position on the brush body.l The ends of the ber ofthe bunches 10 and 16 are now cut o' at a point to impart the desiredlength and evenness to the brush.

Having thus fully described lmy said invention, what I desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

A broom comprising two bunches of brous material, one of said bunchesbeing bent intermediate its length to bring the ends of the berstogether, means 'for tying said bent bunch, said bunch being separatedinto two approximately equal parts, a second bunch inserted between thespread portions of said.l rst bunch and the free ends of both bunchesbeing brought together into a single bunch, and means for maintainingthe integrity of said last bunch.

In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and seal atJacksonville, Fla., this, twelfth day of October, A'. D. one thousandnine hundred and eleven.

DANIEL A. ANDREWS.

